Detract (verb)
To take away; to withdraw or remove.
Detract (verb)
To take credit or reputation from; to defame or decry.
Distract (verb)
To divert the attention of.
“The crowd was distracted by a helicopter hovering over the stadium when the only goal of the game was scored.”
Distract (verb)
To make crazy or insane; to drive to distraction.
Distract (adjective)
Separated; drawn asunder.
Distract (adjective)
Insane; mad.
Detract (verb)
diminish the worth or value of (a quality or achievement)
“these quibbles in no way detract from her achievement”
Detract (verb)
take away (a specified amount) from the worth or value of a quality or achievement
“it is detracting nothing from his ability to say that he owed the championship to a superior car”
Detract (verb)
cause someone or something to be distracted or diverted from
“the role did not include operational responsibilities that would detract him from his work”
“the complaint was timed to detract attention from the ethics issue”
Distract (verb)
prevent (someone) from concentrating on something
“don’t allow noise to distract you from your work”
Distract (verb)
divert (attention) from something
“it was another attempt to distract attention from the truth”
Distract (verb)
divert one’s attention from something unpleasant by doing something different or more pleasurable
“I tried to distract myself by concentrating on Jane”
Distract (verb)
perplex and bewilder
“horror and doubt distract His troubl’d thoughts”